MOOCs and Open Education Around the World.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this cutting-edge new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
considers
issues
having to do with open
educational resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses.
The latest
gains in
online education are enabling
students
in every nation on earth
to take classes online.
These massive online courses are
generally free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
topics that
learning technology institutions
have to struggle with
now that online learning technology is
improving so swiftly.
How can institutions
ensure that
the quality control for these
massive open online courses is
all right?
How can organizations
make sure that
educators are properly credentialed
to teach online?
What different business strategies are being used by
organizations like
Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses?
What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal?
How can we
manage
low
student motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As digital learning technology becomes more
prolific there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
MOOC courses are being conducted.
Public servants
and many other
stakeholders
want
to gain more knowledge about
these
important new open educational
undertakings.
Professors want
to know how
MOOCs
can be enhanced.
In response to this
crescive
desire for
facts
the scholarly new book
MOOCs and Open Education
offers a critical analysis of
these massive open online courses and other open education issues.
This intriguing new book
also analyzes the
major controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open education resources.
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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